# No 2

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517917
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Brem Coal Co LLC
- **Controller:** Jimmie Leon  Hess
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,708
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jimmie Leon  Hess (C05153) → Brem Coal Co LLC (0059783) → No 2 (1517917)**

Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim.

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Howard  Norman et al → T H W Coal Company Inc:** 1997-03-01 through 2001-05-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517917; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Charles T  Norman et al → T H W Coal Company Inc:** 1997-03-01 through 2001-05-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517917; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **TECO Energy Inc → Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Company Inc:** 2001-05-22 through 2001-09-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517917; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenneth L  Farley et al → Dry Fork Energy Inc:** 2001-09-10 through 2004-11-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517917; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert  Martin  et al → Ridgecrest Energy, LLC:** 2004-11-08 through 2005-12-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517917; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Doug  Hess et al → Ridgecrest Energy, LLC:** 2004-11-08 through 2005-12-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517917; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ricky  Blair → Blair Coal Company Inc:** 2005-12-29 through 2006-04-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517917; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Elster  Mc Clanahan → Brem Coal Co LLC:** 2006-04-07 through 2011-03-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517917; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jimmie Leon  Hess → Brem Coal Co LLC:** 2011-03-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517917; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James H  Booth et al → Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Company Inc:** 2015-09-21 through 2001-09-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517917; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **J Mark  Campbell → Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Company Inc:** 2019-06-16 through 2001-09-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517917; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 11
- Typed edges: 26
- Interval anomalies: 2
- Valid-time bounds: inclusive; date granularity; null end means open-ended in the upstream history row; not independent proof of present control.
- Transaction-time observation: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 7 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 247 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 696 violation rows across the full record; 241 carry an S&S flag and $244,866 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 537 samples:** Occupational health samples 463 coal dust; 24 coal quartz; 50 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 3 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
4. **PRODUCTION — 134 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 20 employee hours and 2 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 258 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 113 contested-violation rows, 113 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 32 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 4 linked entities:** Contractors Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
7. **INSPECTIONS — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 93 inspection events and 5K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

No matched record in the 2024 EIA coal-public workbook. This may be inapplicable for a non-coal operation.

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517
- **30 CFR 75.512-2 — Frequency of examinations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512-2
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 75.606 — Protection of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.606
- **30 CFR 75.1714-2 — Self-rescue devices; use and location requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-2
- **30 CFR 75.1725 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1725
- **30 CFR 75.1403 — Other safeguards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1403
- **30 CFR 75.523-1 — Deenergization of self-propelled electric face equipment installation requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523-1
- **30 CFR 75.701 — Grounding metallic frames, casings, and other enclosures of electric equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-H/section-75.701
- **30 CFR 75.1107-9 — Dry chemical devices; capacity; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107-9

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 7 rows; 2001-01-26 through 2011-04-02; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-03-26 through 2014-03-26; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 665 rows; 2000-02-22 through 2012-03-21; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 113 rows; 2011-07-12 through 2013-01-09; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 463 rows; 2000-01-25 through 2011-08-18; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 32 rows; 2001-02-12 through 2012-02-10; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 113 rows; 2010-08-09 through 2011-12-27; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 277 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 62 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 11 rows; 1997-03-01 through 2006-04-07; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 93 rows; 2000-01-07 through 2014-03-26; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 84 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 16 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 50 rows; 2000-04-13 through 2011-06-16; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 24 rows; 2000-02-17 through 2010-06-14; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 696 rows; 2000-02-22 through 2012-03-21; source ID `msha-violations`

## Caveats

- This is public-record decision support, not legal advice or an official MSHA record.
- Missing data can indicate no event, publication delay, an unresolved identity, or inapplicability.
- Contractor production data is entity-level and is not attributed to this mine.

## Alternate representations

- HTML: `/mines/no-2-1517917`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-2-1517917`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517917/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517917/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517917/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`